Shirt.



J. J RABINO-VITGH.

SHIRT. APPLICATION FILED .APR.15. 1909.

Patented 001;. 1909.

WITNESSES.

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JOSEPH J. RAHIEIUVITGH, IEPHIIMUJ'ELPEZIA, PEN'NEiYLVAl -l 31h 935,687.$recifleatiefi of Letters Patent Patented o,

Application filed hpril 3.5, 1509. Serial No. 490,002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. RABINO- Yrrou, a citizen of the UnitedEtatss, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a no and useful Improvement; in Shirts, oitwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to thesecompanying drawings, which form a. part of thisspecification.

The obj eot of my invention is to so niooiity the construction of theordinary shirt that suspenders may be worn in connection therewith, but.under, instead of over, the shirt, so as to completely or substantiallyconceal ihen1 it'roni View.

A. further object or the invention is to so construct the shirt that, inattacl'iing the suspenders to the trousers, notwithstanding that theends thereof may have slipped up a substantial distance. above thetrousers-band, the suspender ends may be readily pulled down and'graspedwithout the necessity of reaching up between the shirt and the body.

A further object of the invention is to effect the foregoing resultswithout any substantial modification of the ordinary suspenders, so thatit only necessary for the prospective wearer to purchase the shirt.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the shirt that ashirt of the some trade number may be worn by different indi- \iduals inwhom there is a substantialvaria- Lion in the distance from neck towaist-hand.

The means whereby the foregoing results are secured may be bestunderstood by the following description of preferred enibodiments of myinvention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure l is a perspective View showingthe application of my improvedsairt, in conneo tion with the ordinary suspenders, to the body of thewearer. Fig. 2 is a detail View of a part of the front of the shirtengaged. with one of the front ends of a Suspender. Fig. 3 is a frontview of the shirt partly broken away to show the engagement with therear end of the Suspender. 4: and. 5 are detail views of otherembodiments of the invention.

a is the body of the shirt constructed like an ordinary shirt except inthe following particulars. Formed the front and rear of the shirt, atlocations substantially corresponding to the locations The shirt is thebuttons on the band of the ordinary trousers when the shirt is in use,are six orifices in the shape or comparatively long and narrow slits orslots (1. face of the shirt, midway between each pair of front slits a,at a. point approZ-Liinately on alevcl with the lower ends or the slits,is socured a strip (Z of a length perhaps three' times that of a. slit.To one face oi the strip, near its lower end, is secured a button 6, andnear the free end of the one or more button-holes The strip is passed.through the corresponding end of the suspender in any convenient way.Preferably it is passed throu 'h the usual link c between On the inner"strips (I, with a button 0'. to which the free end or the strip isadapted to be buttoned. The strips 5 engage the rear strap-terniinals721, preferably by being passed through slits or openings it formedtherein, and are then. formed into loops by huttoning the ends thereof,as dosori ed.

teeoared'to the inner face of the shirt, atthe shoulder portionsthereof, are shoulderstra-ps 0, through which the main straps of thesuspenders are slipped, whereby the suspenders are suspended from andwithin the shirt before the shirt is applied to the body.

The shirt is put on in precisely the same manner as is an ordinary shirtand the ends or tabs of the suspenders are pulled through the slits aand fastened to the trousers but tons p, as shown on the left-hand sideof Fig. 1. The tendency of the suspender ends is or" course to slipupwardly into a relatively inaccessible position, but in my invention,the fastening ends run be drawn down, from the position shown on theright-haiid side of Fig. i, by taking hold of the shirt at the pointswhere the pieces a and k are secured thereto and pulling downwardly.This brings the Suspender tabs down until .oey either project throughthe slits c or are within the shirt on a level. with the slits. ineither position they v.loe readily grasped and br onod to the trousers.

reason of he provision of the vertical slits-c, a shirt of a give sizemaybe readily accommodated'to bodies of different height,

the leewa! in this regard thein equal to the length 0 the slits. -When te suspenders are secured in position they.- are substantially concealed.Even in case the waist-band of .theitrpl f is provided with outside but-'tons,only the extreme ended the suspendersare visible; and in case thetrousers butide, eventhese extreme 'are onithe bein practicaldiificulties in the way'of mar eting a combined article of this kind.

change in the suspenders;

' great simplicity and may s sewed to the shirt alongsi In Fig. 4, Ihave shown a modification in which the strip marked 1', is secured tothe outside of the s irt and is assed through an additional orifice t,an is then passed through the suspender link and buttoned to itself asbefore described.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a modification in which the wide end of each susender tab is increased in length and-a secon button-hole 1' formedtherein adapted to e age a button e the corre sigonding slit 0. Thisconstruction, is less sirable, first, because it involves a sli ht causethe capacity of the shirt to accommodate itself'to high and lowwaist-bands is lessened; ,but it possesses the advantage of on thataccount be preferred by some users.

Havin now fully described my invention, what I c aim and desire toprotect by Lettcrs Patent is 1. A shirt provided with aseries oforifices relatively long vertical] row horlzontall located substantiallyat the waist ortion t e; 10f, and pieces secured to shirt adjacent theorifices and extendende'r ends, a strip and second, e-

and relatively narin up alongside the inner face thereof and acfipted toremovably en age the suspenders.

2. A shirt provided wit adapted for the reception of suspender ends,

aseries ofpairs otorifices located respectively at opposite sides 'ofthe front and m the center of the back strips secured to the shirtbetween said ori time and extending u wardly, and complemanta, fasteningends 0 the strips to enable thestri s to be passed through thesuspenders an folded upon themselves and secured in folded position. r v

3. A. shirt provided'with a series of pairs of orifices located resectively at opposite sides of the front and back for the suspender ends,and suspender engaging devices ermanently secured to the inner face of te shirt in proximity to said orifices and adapted-to be remo'vablyattached to. the sus enders;

'4. A shirt provid ed with a series of pairs of orificesirelatively longvertically and relatively narrow M respectively at opposite sides of thefront an in the center of the back for. the sussecured at its lower endetween the slits 0 each front air substantially opposite the lower en sthereof, a piece secured between the slits of the rear air substantiallyopposite the lower ends hereof having integral stri s projectingupwardly, complementary fiistening devices carried by each striprespectivel near its fastened end and near its free en whereby thestrips may each be. passed thrfiigh the suspenders and said fasteningdevices engaged.

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, atPhiladelphia, on this 12th day of April, 1909.

JOSEPH J. RABINOVITUTI. ,Witncs-sscs: FRANK S. Russian,

A. M. UIU'AN.

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